England v Rest Of World [Rugby Aid]

[TRF_Olyy]

Tonight (4th Sep), 19:45 kickoff, live on BT Sport


Should be a good bit of fun, some cracking (ex-)pros out there, and will be interesting to see how some of the celebs get on (I'm hoping Gaz from Geordie Shore gets absolutely flattened by someone)

Here are the teams:
Rest of the world celebrities

• Brian McFadden (popstar)
• Gethin Jones (TV Presenter)
• Craig Doyle (TV Presenter)
• Matt Johnson (TV Presenter)
• Julian Lewis Jones (Actor Invictus)
• Robbie Savage (Football Pundit)
• Richard Hadfield (Singer Colabro)

Rest of the world rugby:

• Shane Williams MBE
• Justin Marshall
• Brad Thorn
• Shane Byrne
• Thom Evans
• Waisale Serevi
• Al Kellock
• AJ Venter
• Serge Betsen
• Rory Lawson
• Terry Fanolua
• Daryl Gibson
• Dafydd James
• Lee Byrne
• Thomas Castaignede
• Thinus Delport.

England celebrities

• Louie Spence (dancer)
• Vassos Alexander (Radio 2/5 Live)
• Gary Beadle (Celebrity Geordie Shore)
• Harry Judd (McBusted)
• JB Gill (JLS)
• Jamie Laing (Actor Made In Chelsea)
• Rav Wilding (TV Presenter)
• Terry Hollands (England’s Strongest Man)
• Kelvin Fletcher (Actor Emmerdale)
• Tom Parker (Pop Star The Wanted)
• Dion Dublin (Footballer & TV presenter)

England rugby

• Mike Tindall (c)
• Kevin Yates
• Nick Kennedy
• Andy Gomarsall MBE
• Tom May
• Iain Balshaw MBE
• Jason Robinson MBE
• Paul Sackey
• Mark Cueto
• Ugo Monye
• Lee Mears
• Simon Shaw
• Ben Cohen MBE
• Pat Sanderson

 

[Lé Ddanno]

I can see a few names there that make me wish I was playing on the opposite team. Definitely worth a watch. Thanks for the heads up Sir!

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

About to start.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Terry Hollands at number 8 for England

Jaysus :lol:



Edit: I don't know who Rav Wilding is but he was banging out the anthem then!



Edit edit: Love Tony Spreadbury! :lol:

 

[ratsapprentice]

Terry won't be able to play for too long - knees can't take too much running about when you're 170+kg.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Good hit by the Made in Chelsea guy.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

I'm not sure why I'm surprised that the Made in Chelsea guy has England age-grade caps, considering how posh he is and how posh-school dominated the lower grades are.

Is Hollands off? Don't think I've seen him since the anthems, and considering his size...!


Edit: Damn, yeah, Hollands off with a hamstring. Really want to see him bosh someone.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

TBF you still have to be fairly decent player to represent England even @U16.

God this is making me miss Jason Robinson what a player.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

TBF you still have to be fairly decent player to represent England even @U16.

Aye, I'm not slagging him off with that - the private schools are the ones that can afford the top level coaches, and put an emphasis on rugby as their main sport.


Was funny to see Gaz going off saying his ham string hurt, then running about on the touch line looking for the medic.....after 6 mins....
Have seen a few players like that in my years :lol:




Call up for Robinson and Mears?
I wasn't a fan of Mears, but considering our lineout options now

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

All refs need to be mic'd like this.

 

[ratsapprentice]

Aye, I'm not slagging him off with that - the private schools are the ones that can afford the top level coaches, and put an emphasis on rugby as their main sport.

I think you'd be surprised - only the top DM cup sides have high level specialist coaches.
The fact that they play rugby instead of football is far more significant.

 

[Lé Ddanno]

Finding this much more entertaining than I thought I would. Maybe I'm just rugby starved. And nice to see something a little less serious without standing in the rain in a park on a Sunday morning.

Completely agree on the ref mic

 

[TRF_Olyy]

I think you'd be surprised - only the top DM cup sides have high level specialist coaches.

Really?
Maybe it's a regional thing but all the schools round my ways have proper coaches, and most have current pro-players that go along to trainings too.

All refs need to be mic'd like this.

Agreed, love the back and forth with the commentators too

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Really?
Maybe it's a regional thing but all the schools round my ways have proper coaches, and most have current pro-players that go along to trainings too.

Going to take a wild guess and say your near the likes of Oakham, Uppingham etc maybe?

 

[Lé Ddanno]

First score i've seen without a tee!

 

[ratsapprentice]

Really?
Maybe it's a regional thing but all the schools round my ways have proper coaches, and most have current pro-players that go along to trainings too.

Define "proper coaches"? And what schools are you near, pretty high level rugby schools that play DM cup, I'm guessing?

Sure - ex players will do the rounds and do sessions every now and then, I assume they'll do that to the top grammar schools in their club's catchment area too.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Going to take a wild guess and say your near the likes of Oakham, Uppingham etc maybe?

Bromsgrove, Denstone, Solihull etc. was what I was thinking of.

Define "proper coaches"?

Tony Windo is at Bromsgrove atm, Ben Johnstone at Denstone

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Please I went to Denstone and it don't have any pro coaches as such.

Seems they have hired one now.

 

[ratsapprentice]

It's probably a very recent development - and are those guys PE teachers as well? Or do they literally just do Rugby?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

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